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I hope everyone has been having a fantastic holiday season if you celebrate, and just a fantastic last few weeks of the year even if you don't. This time of year is always chaotic for my studio hours, which feels frustrating at times. I'm looking forward to diving head first into making art again very soon. Well, it's not like I haven't been making art, it's just that it's all been holiday related. Now that gifts are given and cards are being received, I can start posting those, at least. Anyway, as a new year approaches, I just want to thank each and every one of you that has tossed me a "like/favorite", followed me here (or elsewhere), or taken the time to leave me a message. As I say over and over, I have been pursuing this little dream of mine for a very long time. There are still many times I feel like I will never achieve the things I want to achieve, but I can't give up on my dreams. Please know that I am extremely grateful for each of you that take a moment to interact. You

The holiday crush is upon me/us, which means scattered studio time as I attend to "life" stuff as well as holiday related projects that I can't share until later. I also have to slap together the annual holiday card and then draw on 10 of the envelopes, as is my tradition, which I also won't share until they are received. What I'm getting at is I'm not going to have much to post for a little bit, which is always frustrating. Not that I have a huge audience or anything, but I worry that the small one I've managed to gain over the last decade will disappear if I don't post anything. There's a lot of other artists to compete with for attention, and I know many folks (sometimes myself included) have no problem moving on and forgetting. It will be what it will be, I guess.On a good note, another 2 copies of "10 Things" randomly sold within the last few days, which is always cool. I don't advertise or really do any kind of intelligent marketing or promotion, so it's slightly amazing the very

In case anyone was curious, my surgery last week to repair my severed thumb tendon was a success. Typing is a bit challenging at the moment, though. I'm on the road to recovery, but have still managed to make a little art and get some exercise. I will hopefully be posting my wife's birthday dragon that I do every year later today (if the thumb/hand/wrist continues to feel good), then hopefully I can start catching up on my two missed Inktober 52 prompts before Inktober 2024 starts up. I also need to make time to work on the graphic novel, too. I enjoy Inktober, but there are times when it feels like it takes up too much of my time. My obsessive nature won't let me stop or take a break from it now that I've been doing it for so long, though. Conundrums.